Known locally (and identified on its stained-glass transom) as “The Little House”. This mid-19th century jewel is just under 9 feet wide and is the narrowest row house in Baltimore
This was Hannibal Lecter’s white-brick home in the movie "Red Dragon". The fictitious ‘5 Chandler Square’ address in the move really is Baltimore, though, on N. Charles St..
Glenn Milstead, aka John Waters film star Divine, rests in the most famous grave in an otherwise sleepy burial ground.
Atomic carries lots of eclectic titles, but it also serves as the Post Office Box for John Waters fan mail. Write a fan letter across the street while you get a bite to eat at the Golden West Cafe!
Arguably the most beautiful statue in Baltimore featuring a wounded soldier upheld by a laurel-bearing angel. Inscribed: “Gloria Victis”, - “Glory to the victor” and “Deo Vindice” - God vindicates.
Besides John Wilkes Booth, also buried here is Johnny Eck. born without the lower half of his body, he starred in the 1932 cult classic movie "Freaks". He's buried here under the name John Eckhardt.
Baltimore native Isaac E. Emerson invented Bromo-Seltzer, the first commercially marketed stomach antacid seltzer in 1891. The 15-story, 290' Tower, designed by Joseph Evans was erected in 1911.
The Pagoda, originally known as the Observatory, was designed in 1890 by Charles H. Latrobe, then Superintendent of Parks.
The birthplace of Babe Ruth. Pigtown got it's nickname name from the scores of pigs that were herded through its narrow streets every day on their way to be slaughtered in local meat-packing plants.
Since 1949, a mysterious man in black has left three roses and a bottle of cognac on this grave yearly to mark Poe’s death. To this day, the visitor’s identity remains unknown. (From Aerial America) Read more.
The 1940s, Art Deco style will have you thinking you've stepped back in time. But Club Charles’ retro feel is prime dive bar of the Charm City. Filmmaker John Waters is a frequent customer.
Originally opened in 1956, Bengie's drive in theater is one of the few surviving drive in theaters in the U.S. and has the BIGGEST movie theatre screen in the USA at 52 feet high and 120 feet wide.
When erected in 1828, it was the tallest structure in the United States. Molten lead was dropped from a sieve at the top into water at the bottom to form "drop shot" bullets for guns until 1892.
In the movie "12 Monkeys", the elegant home of Dr Goines (Christopher Plummer), the scientist father of animal activist Jeffrey Goines (Brad Pitt), is actually the Garrett Jacobs Mansion.
Mr. Boh" has a commanding view of the city atop his 250 ft tower, his neon lit mustachioed even face winks at you at night, and is one of Baltimore's most recognizable landmarks.
This place has outfitted a number of John Waters movies. You'll never know what you might find.
The resting place of famous NY Writer Dorothy Parker's ashes. A brick encircled plaque at the small memorial garden here includes the epitaph Parker once suggested for herself: "Excuse my dust".
Hattie Carroll, made famous by Bob Dylan’s early song, "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll" and buried here, was killed by a racist at the Emerson Hotel, who only served 6 months for the crime.
This rarely mentioned historical museum can be hard to find because it just looks like another house and it's in a run down neighborhood that's seen better days. But it's well worth a visit!
